11071106

Techniques for Communicating on an Uplink in a Shared Radio Frequency Spectrum Band

PublishedJuly 20, 2021
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Patent Claims
16 claims

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1. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, in a first downlink transmission time interval (TTI) of a scheduled transmission burst, over a shared radio frequency spectrum band, an indication of a downlink-uplink TTI configuration for the scheduled transmission burst, wherein the downlink-uplink TTI configuration indicates a first number of upcoming downlink TTIs to follow the first downlink TTI before a first downlink-uplink transition, the first number being relative to the first downlink TTI in which the UE receives the indication, and a second number of uplink TTIs to follow the first downlink-uplink transition in the scheduled transmission burst before a second downlink-uplink transition of the scheduled transmission burst; and determining, based at least in part on the second downlink-uplink transition indicated by the downlink-uplink TTI configuration, a timing of a next downlink TTI in the scheduled transmission burst relative to the first downlink TTI in which the UE receives the indication.

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2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving, in each of at least one additional downlink TTI of the scheduled transmission burst, an additional indication of an additional downlink-uplink TTI configuration for a portion of the scheduled transmission burst following the additional downlink TTI.

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3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving, in the first downlink TTI, at least one of: a second indication of a downlink TTI duration, a third indication of an uplink TTI duration, or a combination thereof.

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4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first downlink TTI comprises a downlink subframe and the downlink-uplink TTI configuration comprises a downlink-uplink subframe configuration.

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5. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: a processor, memory in electronic communication with the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: receive, in a first downlink transmission time interval (TTI) of a scheduled transmission burst, over a shared radio frequency spectrum band, an indication of a downlink-uplink TTI configuration for the scheduled transmission burst, wherein the downlink-uplink TTI configuration indicates a first number of upcoming downlink TTIs to follow the first downlink TTI before a first downlink-uplink transition, the first number being relative to the first downlink TTI in which the UE receives the indication, and a second number of uplink TTIs to follow the first downlink-uplink transition in the scheduled transmission burst before a second downlink-uplink transition of the scheduled transmission burst; and determine, based at least in part on the second downlink-uplink transition indicated by the downlink-uplink TTI configuration, a timing of a next downlink TTI in the scheduled transmission burst relative to the first downlink TTI in which the UE receives the indication.

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6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: receive, in each of at least one additional downlink TTI of the scheduled transmission burst, an additional indication of an additional downlink-uplink TTI configuration for a portion of the scheduled transmission burst following the additional downlink TTI.

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7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to: receive, in the first downlink TTI, at least one of: a second indication of a downlink TTI duration, a third indication of an uplink TTI duration, or a combination thereof.

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8. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the first downlink TTI comprises a downlink subframe and the downlink-uplink TTI configuration comprises a downlink-uplink subframe configuration.

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9. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: means for receiving, in a first downlink transmission time interval (TTI) of a scheduled transmission burst, over a shared radio frequency spectrum band, an indication of a downlink-uplink TTI configuration for the scheduled transmission burst, wherein the downlink-uplink TTI configuration indicates a first number of upcoming downlink TTIs to follow the first downlink TTI before a first downlink-uplink transition, the first number being relative to the first downlink TTI in which the UE receives the indication, and a second number of uplink TTIs to follow the first downlink-uplink transition in the scheduled transmission burst before a second downlink-uplink transition of the scheduled transmission burst; and means for determining, based at least in part on the second downlink-uplink transition indicated by the downlink-uplink TTI configuration, a timing of a next downlink TTI in the scheduled transmission burst relative to the first downlink TTI in which the UE receives the indication.

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10. The apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising: means for receiving, in each of at least one additional downlink TTI of the scheduled transmission burst, an additional indication of an additional downlink-uplink TTI configuration for a portion of the scheduled transmission burst following the additional downlink TTI.

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11. The apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising: means for receiving, in the first downlink TTI, at least one of: a second indication of a downlink TTI duration, a third indication of an uplink TTI duration, or a combination thereof.

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12. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first downlink TTI comprises a downlink subframe and the downlink-uplink TTI configuration comprises a downlink-uplink subframe configuration.

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13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to: receive, in a first downlink transmission time interval (TTI) of a scheduled transmission burst, over a shared radio frequency spectrum band, an indication of a downlink-uplink TTI configuration for the scheduled transmission burst, wherein the downlink-uplink TTI configuration indicates a first number of upcoming downlink TTIs to follow the first downlink TTI before a first downlink-uplink transition, the first number being relative to the first downlink TTI in which the UE receives the indication, and a second number of uplink TTIs to follow the first downlink-uplink transition in the scheduled transmission burst before a second downlink-uplink transition of the scheduled transmission burst; and determine, based at least in part on the second downlink-uplink transition indicated by the downlink-uplink TTI configuration, a timing of a next downlink TTI in the scheduled transmission burst relative to the first downlink TTI in which the UE receives the indication.

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14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the instructions are further executable to: receive, in each of at least one additional downlink TTI of the scheduled transmission burst, an additional indication of an additional downlink-uplink TTI configuration for a portion of the scheduled transmission burst following the additional downlink TTI.

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15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the instructions are further executable to: receive, in the first downlink TTI, at least one of: a second indication of a downlink TTI duration, a third indication of an uplink TTI duration, or a combination thereof.

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16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the first downlink TTI comprises a downlink subframe and the downlink-uplink TTI configuration comprises a downlink-uplink subframe configuration.

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July 20, 2021

Inventors

Srinivas Yerramalli
Peter Gaal
Juan Montojo
Tao Luo
Wanshi Chen

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